I know some people around here don't like the proportions of the new SOC T-28, but man, it looks EXACTLY like it does in the anime. (It's been airing on TV here, in HD no less, and incidentally MAN IS IT BAD -- but that's another story. :)

It does look good, something different compared to what they usually do with the blacks, but I wasnt happy with the normal Reideen, so no matter if it looks like a dark elf or blinged up like a christmas tree, i aint buying another one.

Not sure what they were thinking here either. I don't know what exact culture was in mind when Reideen was designed, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't Spanish or anything European. I think it would look much better if it had an Egyptian or distinctly glyphic theme in the tampo printing intstead.

Also just got Daimos & Tetsujin/Black Ox Set in the post today. On first glance I'm rather impressed by both.
But here are some things that are puzzling me:
Why does Tetsujin (& Black Ox for that matter) have two heads? Was it really necessary to have another head just for the looking up gimmick? Surely they could have incorporated them into the one.
Also his fancy knee joints are pretty much wasted because of a strange hip joint that has very little movement.
And whats with the spring loaded mechanism in his jet pack?

I havent played with Daimos much yet, still trying to get my head around the robot origami..

I guess Bandai isn't happy until they make everything they've made before less desirable with new versions to replace them. I guess I can't blame them, times are tough, so going back to the Mazinger well again means easy sales.

Chirico Cuvie Wrote:
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> I guess Bandai isn't happy until they make
> everything they've made before less desirable with
> new versions to replace them. I guess I can't
> blame them, times are tough, so going back to the
> Mazinger well again means easy sales.
>
> It reminds me of the Yamato Groizer X in terms of
> articulation.

Hmm... I haven't bought an SOC Mazinger Z since the original (with it's crappy chest fire connection pieces), and that was what, 10 years ago? Maybe it's time to upgrade... or maybe I'll wait another year for the -R to come out.

Took us long enough to get shots of them but still no date or price... Aussenseiter looks a bit off but I imagine it'll look better once it actually has it's cape on. And well sacrifices are needed to turn it into a horse.